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Scene 2 (Mental Decay) or more simply Mental Decay, is the second track of twelve from The Voice of Midnight. It was released in 2007 by Mute Records. Very little is known about the track outside of this.
Plot[]
The song starts a piano introduction, then Nate begins singing about how Claire is right. In the last song, Claire told Nate that his delusions about The Sandman were wrong and he simply imagined them to cope with the loss of his father. He then pivots into singing about what Claire values before the song takes a sharp turn into Nate reaffirming his values. He then ignores Claire's words and begins to say that he's right.
"I should believe in what I see..." This then leads into to him singing but really saying that he is sane. He then chooses to write a beautiful poem for Claire. The poem starts as a nice message to Claire but gets progressively more rude as it continues. By the end, Claire isn't the love of his life, but a rotting grey carcass.
The song ends with Claire (rightfully so) yelling. "You're Disgusting!" Supposedly after, and in response reading Nate's poem.
Lyrics[]
NATE "I guess maybe I lost the way And maybe she's right to say It may be mental decay - in me She believes in honesty She believes that we succeed When we never overfeed - our dreams I should believe in what I see Should believe in her and me Should believe in sanity I do believe in sanity I do believe in sanity I do believe in sanity I do believe in sanity I'll think I'll write a poem to Claire ...that ...that's what I'll do. "I feel a fire and see the empty-ness that was your sight And sense a burning, boring penetration, leaking light Surrounding me with heat and hopeless laughter, I am lost Until I hear your voice imploring me to walk across Life is a street, it's just a street and you're on the shadow side Come over here Come over here And look into these eyes They're still in me, yes, still and feeling peaceful, and desire Nothing but you... Nothing. And so I let my soul absorb the love inside of me And madly move beside the body you are offering But as my gaze caresses you I see your flesh is gray, lifeless, languid And upon the threshold of decay I long to look into your eyes, but they have turned into Silent sockets of despair Festooned with hair and goo I look away, I look away I look a way I've never looked before... And cry." CLAIRE "You're disgusting!"
Releases[]
- The Voice of Midnight[Version 1]
- Voice-Less Midnight[Version 2][Version 3]
- Bobuck Plays The Residents[Version 4]
Versions[]
- Album Version (2:57)
- Voice-less Midnight Version (2:48)
- Poem To Claire (Voice-Less Midnight Version II)
- Bobuck Plays Version (2:59)
Notes[]
There is one version of this song that appears on The Voice of Midnight Alternate Instrumentals.